Grandmas Christmas Cupcakes Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly butter muffin tins and set aside.
• Beat together the cream cheese, egg, sugar and salt. Stir in chocolate chips and set aside.
• In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add the water, oil, vinegar, and vanilla. Beat until well combined. Batter will be thin.
• Fill muffin cups 1/3 full with the chocolate batter. Top each one with a spoonful of cream cheese mixture.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

Steps:

• Frost each cupcake with a thin layer of vanilla frosting. Pour red sprinkles into a small bowl and dip the lower third of each frosted cupcake into the sugar to make Santa's hat. Create a white rim for the hat by placing about 6 white chocolate chips, flat-side up, at the edge of the red sugar section. Stick 1 white chocolate chip on the top as a pom-pom.
• Place 2 mini chocolate chips in Santa's face for the eyes and a red candy-coated chocolate piece for the nose. Sprinkle coconut flakes over the bottom third for the beard.

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the sugar, raisins, water and butter. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium; cook, uncovered, until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove from the heat; cool., In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and cloves. Add raisin mixture; beat until blended. Fold in pecans. , Pour into a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 350° until cake springs back when lightly touched, 45-55 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., For sauce, in a large saucepan, bring cream to a boil; stir in butter and sugar until smooth. Reduce heat; stir a small amount of hot liquid into egg yolks. Return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Cook until sauce is slightly thickened and coats the back of a spoon (do not boil). Remove from the heat; stir in brandy. Serve warm with cake.

Steps:

• Pre-heat oven to 350°F.
• Line muffin tins or cupcake tins with paper cupcake liners.
• With pastry knife or fingers, cut butter into flour and sugar until crumbly. Reserve 1/2 cup for topping.
• Add remaining ingredients to flour mixture and stir until just mixed.
• Fill cupcake liners 2/3 full and sprinkle reserved crumb mixture evenly over tops.
• Bake 20-25 minutes.
• Cool on wire rack.
• To make a cake, pour batter into a greased and floured oblong baking pan and top with reserved crumbs. Bake as above.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line cupcake pans with paper liners.
• Combine flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt in a large mixing bowl.
• Add shortening, milk, and vanilla.
• Beat for 1 minute on medium speed.
• Scrape side of bowl with a spatula.
• Add eggs to the mixture.
• Beat for 1 minute on medium speed.
• Scrape bowl again.
• Beat on high speed for 1 minute 30 seconds until well mixed.
• Spoon cupcake batter into paper liners until 1/2 to 2/3 full.
• Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 5 minutes in pans then remove and place on wire racks to cool completely.
• Once cupcakes are completely cooled, frost and decorate as you desire. Let your imagination run wild!